Stella is an excellent self-fertile cherry variety, easy to grow and productive. The large dark red cherries are very juicy and sweet, with a typical sweet cherry flavour. If you have always wanted to grow your own cherries then it is a very good variety to start with.
As well as being self-fertile, it is also a good pollinator for other cherries including the traditional varieties (most of which are not self-fertile). It is therefore a very good starting point if you think you may add further cherry trees to your garden or orchard in the future.
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Let me know when Stella cherry trees are back in stock.
If you do not hear from us by March you can contact us to pre-order for next autumn.
Stella is self-fertile, reliable, and a good choice if you are new to growing sweet cherries. It does best in areas with mild or warm spring weather and drier summer climate.
If the tree sets a lot of cherry fruitlets after the blossom is over, it may be necessary to thin the fruitlets - you will get a better crop of larger cherries.
Stella was developed by the Summerland research station in British Columbia, Canada, and released in 1968.
